Tag: Jennifer Roberts
HRC, ENC and Civic Leaders Thank Mayor Roberts for Standing with LGBTQ Community
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, and Equality NC, the statewide organisation working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, and other civic leaders joined together in Charlotte to denounce Governor McCrory’s latest ploy to deflect blame for his disastrous and hateful HB 2 law.
Gov. McCrory and Legislature Begin Costly Special Session to Overturn LGBT Equality Measure
At $42,000 a day, anti-LGBT NC Gov. Pat McCrory and conservative state lawmakers are hell-bent on burning tax dollars and stripping local control from Charlotte’s elected leaders.
HRC and Equality North Carolina Blast NC Special Session to Overturn Charlotte Ordinance
At $42,000 a day, lawmakers seem hell-bent on burning tax dollars and stripping local control from Charlotte and its leaders.
Charlotte City Council Approves Non-Discrimination Ordinance Establishing Local LGBT Protections
Last night, TurnOut! Charlotte, a partnership of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Equality North Carolina, and MeckPAC, hailed the leadership and vision of the Charlotte City Council for voting to advance city-wide non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, in public accommodations, vehicles for hire, and in government contracting. The ordinance passed by a vote of 7 to 4 with the strong support of newly-elected Mayor Jennifer Roberts, who has been a leading voice for the ordinance in her campaign and since she’s taken office.